At some point I will need to go into more depth about writing anime specifically for Netflix (maybe I’ll find some opportunity while writing about Violet Evergarden), but as far as A.I.C.O. For big thing about this new platform is that Netflix does not really do the weekly schedule that we are accustomed to with anime. Netflix has been dipping its incredibly wealthy toes in the anime waters for a while now, to the extent that there are now anime that are made for Netflix. The positive feelings, at least, will last until ep 02 and hopefully that gets the audience invested. Give some small payoff to the mystery with a minor reveal. Move that high-adrenaline action sequence to the end of the episode. Hook them with spectacle, or a fantasy, or just some laughs. That’s why anime pilots generally work better with pilots with a lower information density. They may care about your mystery and your jargon now, but within the week it’s gone. All that is very interesting in the moment, but it also requires the audience to process a lot of information - information that they may not retain until episode 02. Meanwhile, throw in a bunch of jargon or technical exposition to imply a complex sci-fi setting. They lay out a mystery, with lots of little details that watchers can pick up on. It’s a problem that a lot of sci-fi thrillers like A.I.C.O. If you start complicated there will be a portion of viewers you will just lose between weeks.
#AICO INCARNATON ANIME CROSSOVER TV#
But the majority of viewers - Japanese couch potatoes - simply have anime as part of their late-night TV diet. You have a good idea of what kind of shows you’ll keep and what kind you’ll drop. You know which ones you want to check out. You research shows before a season starts. Now, I’m sure many of you, as readers of Random Curiosity, are hardcore anime fans. This is because anime is an episodic medium, and between weeks there is an information retention problem. In practice, while this may be a great start for, say, a movie, it’s not necessarily the best start for an anime. There’s gun-blazing action just because, some thriller, some mystery, random fanservice, and even a potential romantic subplot because why not? Every audience bait in the book is in this pilot, and combined with the sci-fi flavour makes for as an effective a start as one may plan for. This does not necessarily make for a bad pilot A.I.C.O Incarnation, at the very least, a dense amount audience hooks. Fairly meaningless action-cold-open, cut to traumatic flashbacks, cut to immediate genre shift. OBLIGATORY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT: No, this is a romantic comedy!
SCHOOL CORRIDOR BUILT SPECIFICALLY FOR A MEET-CUTE
STUPID COSTUME 2: No, this is a horror B-movie!
UNIDENTIFIED MALE IN STUPID COSTUME: This is a bad videogame!
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